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In short — Core i5-8600 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3250 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G3250 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8600 is 1304 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3250.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Up to 55% cheaper than Core i5-8600 - $61.0 vs $135.0
- Up to 52% better value when playing God of War than Core i5-8600 - $0.37 vs $0.77 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-8600 - 53 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Performs up to 7% better in God of War than Pentium G3250 - 175 vs 164 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 6 vs 2 threads
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Ultra
Intel Pentium Processor G3250 (3.20 GHz 32 GB, FCLGA1.150) BX80646G3250
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Intel Core i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G3250 | vs | Intel Core i5-8600 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 21st, 2014 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 2 | Threads | 6 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
53 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
Intel HD (Haswell) | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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